LAN Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Local Area Network (LAN)
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Yorkshire citing LAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 24 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	132	119	65
Rank change year-on-year	-13	-54	+14
Contract jobs citing LAN	32	6	35
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire	1.11%	0.36%	2.47%
As % of the Communications & Networking category	9.79%	3.19%	18.72%
Number of daily rates quoted	20	5	8
10^th Percentile	£275	-	£209
25^th Percentile	£376	£158	£209
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£483	£238	£217
Median % change year-on-year	+103.16%	+9.35%	-45.70%
75^th Percentile	£500	£375	£313
90^th Percentile	-	£414	£386
England median daily rate	£500	£450	£495
% change year-on-year	+11.11%	-9.09%	+7.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted	7	0	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£18.50	-	-
Median hourly rate	£19.33	-	-
75^th Percentile	£26.72	-	-
90^th Percentile	£27.23	-	-
England median hourly rate	£22.50	£30.00	£22.40
% change year-on-year	-25.00%	+33.93%	-32.57%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Yorkshire

LAN falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing communications or computer networking skills in Yorkshire.

	6 months to 24 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing communications or computer networking skills	327	188	187
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire	11.37%	11.20%	13.20%
Number of daily rates quoted	166	112	101
10^th Percentile	£320	£235	£160
25^th Percentile	£412	£378	£220
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£500	£489	£425
Median % change year-on-year	+2.35%	+14.94%	-
75^th Percentile	£576	£546	£556
90^th Percentile	£675	£636	£638
England median daily rate	£500	£488	£500
% change year-on-year	+2.56%	-2.50%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	45	2	3
10^th Percentile	£13.45	£18.48	£11.86
25^th Percentile	£19.34	£23.31	£12.03
Median hourly rate	£22.81	£32.75	£13.50
Median % change year-on-year	-30.35%	+142.59%	-38.64%
75^th Percentile	£25.77	£43.31	£16.21
90^th Percentile	-	£48.83	£16.78
England median hourly rate	£43.50	£34.00	£57.25
% change year-on-year	+27.94%	-40.61%	+1.35%

LAN Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing LAN relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

LAN Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing LAN.

LAN Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 24 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for LAN in Yorkshire

LAN Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing LAN.

LAN Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LAN within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 24 October 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
West Yorkshire	-7	21	£495	+145.96%	11
South Yorkshire	-21	7	£450	-	2
East Yorkshire	0	1	-	-
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LAN Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 24 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing LAN also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Yorkshire region citing LAN.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	WAN	90.6%	29
2	Cisco	68.8%	22
3	Firewall	56.3%	18
3	VPN	56.3%	18
5	Cisco Nexus	43.8%	14
5	VLAN	43.8%	14
5	Wi-Fi	43.8%	14
5	WLAN	43.8%	14
9	Problem-Solving	40.6%	13
9	Wireless	40.6%	13
11	Azure	37.5%	12
11	Cisco ASA	37.5%	12
13	Cisco Certification	34.4%	11
13	Cisco Firepower	34.4%	11
13	DNS	34.4%	11
16	BGP	31.3%	10
16	CCNP	31.3%	10
16	DHCP	31.3%	10
16	Microsoft 365	31.3%	10
16	OSPF	31.3%	10
21	CheckPoint	28.1%	9
21	TCP/IP	28.1%	9
23	Network Security	25.0%	8
23	VoIP	25.0%	8
25	IPsec	21.9%	7
26	Microsoft	18.8%	6
26	Network Management	18.8%	6
26	SC Cleared	18.8%	6
26	Security Cleared	18.8%	6
30	High Availability	15.6%	5

LAN Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Communications & Networking

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	WAN	90.6%	29
2	Firewall	56.3%	18
2	VPN	56.3%	18
4	Cisco Nexus	43.8%	14
4	VLAN	43.8%	14
4	Wi-Fi	43.8%	14
4	WLAN	43.8%	14
8	Wireless	40.6%	13
9	Cisco ASA	37.5%	12
10	Cisco Firepower	34.4%	11
10	DNS	34.4%	11
12	BGP	31.3%	10
12	DHCP	31.3%	10
12	OSPF	31.3%	10
15	TCP/IP	28.1%	9
16	Network Security	25.0%	8
16	VoIP	25.0%	8
18	IPsec	21.9%	7
19	SD-WAN	15.6%	5
20	Cisco ISE	12.5%	4